Whos car is this?
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Whos car is this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx9FV_X-OL8
Reasons like this that I dont trust any shops to mess with my cars..
Reasons like this that I dont trust any shops to mess with my cars..
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Anyone know what 'shop' that is? How stupid can they be to not only drive a customer's car like that, but to videotape it and put it up on YouTube?
They rave about the quality of their work, but apparently they left 2 tools in that Supra...
They rave about the quality of their work, but apparently they left 2 tools in that Supra...
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about the tools in the supra.
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What a bunch of ******bags!! My modded GC SRT8 is 800 miles away at a performance shop and seeing this video makes me worry!! I hope the guys that are taking care of my ride have a bit more respect!!!
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Hi Folks,
I just want to address a few things here that have been brought to my attention....
1. My client was fully aware of said video, permission was granted by him for this kind of driving which was required to make sure the NEW APR Software was doing what it was supposed to be doing in all gears. Also, this was not a known ECU to APR so a fresh code was written for this particular car becuase they had not seen this box number as of yet.
2. APR had code for early 997 TT's, this particular car needed to have the OEM code "sucked" out to allow APR to do the re-write, basically the same code just changed around due to the new ECU. Because this was the case, I had to do extensive testing on behalf of APR which again the customer was well aware of to make sure we got it right the first time.
3. I also had to put miles on this car before I went to an outside dyno because our Dynojet 424x is not a belt linked dyno and on the 997's you CAN NOT drop the driveshaft like on the 996.
4. I was driving up to FFLD. to the Dyno Dynamics next to Home Depot and George happened to leave behind me with a customers Supra which was being shaken down before delivery and we got on it a few times, again, all in the best interest of the customer (Ken Y) and his new 997 TT. Regardless of the camera being there or not, I would have done the same thing I had planned on, some highway pulls I planned on doing before I even finished the radar install.
Cheers,
Brian
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I just want to address a few things here that have been brought to my attention....
1. My client was fully aware of said video, permission was granted by him for this kind of driving which was required to make sure the NEW APR Software was doing what it was supposed to be doing in all gears. Also, this was not a known ECU to APR so a fresh code was written for this particular car becuase they had not seen this box number as of yet.
2. APR had code for early 997 TT's, this particular car needed to have the OEM code "sucked" out to allow APR to do the re-write, basically the same code just changed around due to the new ECU. Because this was the case, I had to do extensive testing on behalf of APR which again the customer was well aware of to make sure we got it right the first time.
3. I also had to put miles on this car before I went to an outside dyno because our Dynojet 424x is not a belt linked dyno and on the 997's you CAN NOT drop the driveshaft like on the 996.
4. I was driving up to FFLD. to the Dyno Dynamics next to Home Depot and George happened to leave behind me with a customers Supra which was being shaken down before delivery and we got on it a few times, again, all in the best interest of the customer (Ken Y) and his new 997 TT. Regardless of the camera being there or not, I would have done the same thing I had planned on, some highway pulls I planned on doing before I even finished the radar install.
Cheers,
Brian
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Last edited by Brian@Performance Outfitters; Feb 12, 2008 at 03:03 PM.